Helen Pitts Douglass
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Helen Pitts Douglass was an American suffragist and abolitionist best known for being the second wife of Frederick Douglass and for preserving his legacy through the establishment of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Helen Pitts Douglass canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T44720 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Helen Pitts Douglass Context triple: [Frederick Douglass, spouse, Helen Pitts Douglass]
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Nora Stanton Blatch
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B.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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C.
Lucille Sheardown
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D.
Margaret Carnegie Miller
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E.
Jane Addams
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Helen Pitts Douglass Target entity description: Helen Pitts Douglass was an American suffragist and abolitionist best known for being the second wife of Frederick Douglass and for preserving his legacy through the establishment of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association.
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A.
Nora Stanton Blatch
Nora Stanton Blatch was a pioneering American civil engineer, architect, and women's rights activist who was among the first women in the United States to earn an engineering degree.
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B.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt was a prominent American political figure, diplomat, and activist who redefined the role of First Lady and championed human rights and social justice worldwide.
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C.
Lucille Sheardown
Lucille Sheardown was one of the later wives of American inventor Lee de Forest, associated with his personal life rather than his pioneering work in radio and electronics.
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D.
Margaret Carnegie Miller
Margaret Carnegie Miller was the only child of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, known primarily for her role as heir to his fortune and for her own philanthropic activities.
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E.
Jane Addams
Jane Addams was a pioneering American social reformer, peace activist, and co-founder of Chicago’s Hull House who became one of the most influential leaders of the Progressive Era and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abolitionist
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human ⓘ suffragist ⓘ women's rights activist ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York ⓘ |
| causeOfNotability | interracial marriage to Frederick Douglass ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1838-10-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1903-12-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Mount Holyoke College
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surface form:
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary
|
| employer | Frederick Douglass's newspaper office in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| endTimeOfSpouseRelationship | 1895 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | white American ⓘ |
| familyName |
Douglass
ⓘ
Pitts ⓘ |
| father | Gideon Pitts Jr. ⓘ |
| founded | Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association ⓘ |
| givenName |
Helen of Troy
ⓘ
surface form:
Helen
|
| knownFor |
advocacy for abolition of slavery
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advocacy for women's suffrage ⓘ being the second wife of Frederick Douglass ⓘ preserving the legacy of Frederick Douglass ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| mother | Jane Wills Pitts ⓘ |
| movement |
abolitionism
ⓘ
civil rights movement ⓘ women's suffrage movement ⓘ |
| name | Helen Pitts Douglass self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
founding of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association
ⓘ
preservation of Cedar Hill, Frederick Douglass's home ⓘ |
| occupation |
editor
ⓘ
teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Honeoye, New York ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
Republican Party
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surface form:
Republican Party (19th century)
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| purposeOfFoundedOrganization | to preserve Frederick Douglass's home and legacy ⓘ |
| relative | Gideon Pitts Jr. ⓘ |
| religion | Protestantism ⓘ |
| residence |
Southeast Washington, D.C.
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surface form:
Cedar Hill, Anacostia, Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
Douglass
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surface form:
Frederick Douglass
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| startTimeOfSpouseRelationship | 1884 ⓘ |
| workedOn |
campaigns for women's voting rights
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lectures promoting Frederick Douglass's life and work ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Helen Pitts Douglass Description of subject: Helen Pitts Douglass was an American suffragist and abolitionist best known for being the second wife of Frederick Douglass and for preserving his legacy through the establishment of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Frederick Douglass